Clothes-drying apparatus



H. BLY.

CLOTHES DRYING APPARATUS.

. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7. 1921.

1,41 1,265. Patented Apr. 4, 1922. y

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HENRY Bruner vnU'rH'roN; MINNESOTA.v j

CLOTHES-Darme Arramtros' l Application iiled Iunef'?,

Be ,it known that'I, HENRYJZBLY, acitizen of the-UnitedLv States, residing at Ruthtom inthe veoiuity o frPipestone and State of Min-v nesota, have' invented new land useful Improvements in Clothes-Drying Apparatus,V

of which-the followingy is a specification.

. The object of my present invention isthe provision of a clothes drying apparatus characterized bysimplicity and inexpensiveness irl-'construction and by the facility withwhich clothes kmay be placed on` the lines, and the lines may be afterward rendered `taut Vso as to adequately support the clothes.

gas pipe or other appropriate material7 the legs of which are adapted to be embedded in the ground and fastened by cement or other appropriate means. rI`he said supports 1 and 2 are arranged in spaced and parallel relation, and the support 2 is provided between the lower portions of its legs or'uprights with a cross rod 3 as best shown in Figure 3. On the upper bar of the said support 2 are ybrackets 4 in which are carried sheaves 5.

This, however, is not of the essence of my invention, and it will therefore be understood that it is fully within the purview of my invention to attach the 'sheaves 5 to the upper cross bar of the support 2 in any man-` ner compatible with the purpose of the invention.

In addition t-o the supports 1 and 2 the apy paratus comprises a plurality of clothes lines or cables 6, The said cables 6 are connected at one end to the cross bar 7 of the support 1 andi are then carried `to and over the sheaves 5 and downwardly from the said sheaves 5 as clearly shown in Figures land 3. 0n the lower ends ofthe lines or cables 6 are weights 8, and carried by anddepending from the said Weights 8 are coiled re- Specification of Letters Patent.

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- pt ractibie springs 9, equipped at theirlower ends with hooks 10, designed tov be engaged UNITED -STATES eATENrjoFFlcE.

after` the manner shown in Figure?) with hooks or eyes 11 on the -cross -bar ofthe support 2. Y

In the practical use ofnovel apparatus, the clothes vare-hung and appropriately fastened onthe portions of the cables or yclothes lines `6',between.the two supports l` and 9. while thefsprings 9 vare detached from the hooks or eyes 11. Att-this timethe portions of the lines or cables'` 6 between theV supports 1 rand 2' canbe sagged or' drawn downwardly against 'the y action of the weights 8 a very convenient manner, and then after each line is supplied with clothes the spring 9 of that line is engaged with its complementary hook or eye 11 when the line will be rendered `taut .and the clothes thereonvbetween the supports 1 and 2 will be adequately supported.

Whenit is desired-to remove clothes from the lines or cables 6 the operation describedl is reversedi. e., the hook or spring of the particularline is vdetached from its complementary hook or eye '11 so as to render the line slack and permit of it being drawn downwardly between the supports 1 and 2 for the. convenient unfastening and removal of the clothes at which time the lweight on the line alone will be sufficient to prevent the clothes thereon from reaching to and draggingon the ground.

n ,Totwithstanding the simplicity and inexpensiveness. of my novel apparatus it will be readily observed that 'the appartus is susceptible of being very conveniently and quickly operated bothas regards the putting out of clothes to dry and the taking in of the clothes, Y

In the preferred embodiment ofmv invention the weights 8 and the springs 9vas well as the otherY metallic portions of the pparatus will be galvanized so as to better withstand exposure to the'weather.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement ofV partsembraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire,

however to be understoodas confining m a n y self to the said specificv construction and -relative Aarrangement of parts inasmuch as in the future practice of the invention various changes and modifications may be made y spaced arched supports arrangedin substan- 10 .p by the upper crossbar of said support, cables- `tial parallelism, one of the sald supports being provided vwith a' lower cross bar, and" fastening members thereon, sheaves carried connected at kone end to the cross bar of the other supportandcarried overland downwardly from the sheaves, weights on the downwardly extending` portions of the vcables, andl 'retractile coiled springs carried s lby and pendent =from the weights .and hav- "ing' means at ther'lowe'r ends toV detachably v connect them to the fasteningxnembers on the said'lower cross bar.

Y 2. A clothes drying apparatus comprising spaced and substantially parallel arched supports, guides on the cross bar of onesupp port,cables connectedat one end to the cross Y bar of the other support and passed through therefrom,

the saidrfguides and downwardly weightsV on the pendent portions of Ythe v cables', and springs connected to and de 11d-l ing from the weightsfand adapted to be de-V tachably Vconnected at'their lower endsV to the lower portion of the adjacent support.

The combination of spaced supports, a `i guide on one support, a cabley connected 'to one support andpassed through the guide,

afweight on said cable, anda coiled retractile spring on the weight and' adaptedj to be fastened to an adjacent support'at its end remote from the weight.l

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